29 June 2017
By Bryan T. Smyth
bryan@TheCork.ie
Medical News in Brief
The ASSERT Centre, University College Cork allows medicla professionals to practice procedures in a safe demo environment.
The ASSERT mission statement is to: “decrease medical error, and improve patient care, by enabling health professionals and trainees to engage in the deliberate practice of skills to predefined proficiency standards in simulated clinical settings”
Today ASSERT welcomed forieng experts to inspect its facilities. They included Dr Rob Crossley (Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist at University Hospital Southampton), Mr Mark Schembri (Trainee INR), Professor Thomas Liebig (Head of Department – Institute of Neuroradiology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin)
Professor Tony Gallagher Director of Research ASSERT, Mr Dave Power Centre Manager ASSERT, Dr Rob Crossley Consultant Interventional Neuroradiologist at University Hospital Southampton, Mr Mark Schembri Trainee INR, Professor Thomas Liebig Head of Department -Institute of Neuroradiology at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.
Picture Clare Keogh
What is the ASSERT Centre?
